'To sing is to pray twice.' - Saint Augustine I've always thought of church choirs as small groups, in a way - a community, a fellowship, a place to come together. Choir gives people a place to sing and make music, yes, but also feel safe, be vulnerable, and supportive as we carry one another's burdens.
This is one of the reasons why I feel it's important to end each rehearsal with prayer. I grew up singing in a fairly large choir in a Methodist church in Georgia (I say 'grew up' because I joined when I was 11!). At the end of each rehearsal, we put down our folders, joined hands, and made a circle around the choir room. We stood there for a few moments, sharing joys and concerns with one another and closing our time together with prayer.
It was meaningful to me then and has stayed with me; it's a tradition I've carried with me to all the churches I've served. It's a simple thing, but I believe it makes the difference between choir as a social gathering and choir as a ministry. Prayer reminds us that we have been given an opportunity to serve, we have a purpose, a message to share. It focuses our hearts and minds on the true meaning of our work together. And it gives us an opportunity to carry each other's burdens - to rejoice with those who are rejoicing, walk beside those who are struggling, lift up those who are hurting. Prayer doesn't have to be complicated. I usually offer a quick word of thanks for the time we have together, the gift of music, the gift of friendship, and the opportunity to sing and make music together.
I pray for the hearts of those who will hear the music we sing, that God might glorified. I usually pray on the spot, but if you don't feel comfortable doing that, you can always write something out in advance or read a short prayer someone else has written. Here are a few of my favorite sources: Prayer for Singing United Methodist Hymnal #69 Fred D.
Laurence Hull Stookey, 1987 This is one of my all-time favorite prayers for church choirs! 'Grant that what we sing with our lips we may believe in our hearts, and what we believe in our hearts, we may practice in our lives.' Read the full prayer. Prayers for Lent United Methodist Hymnal #353 Laurence Hull Stookey, 20th century Based on Genesis 3:19, Psalm 51:10, and 1 Thessalonians 2:12, this reflective prayer by Laurence Hull Stookey is perfect for Ash Wednesday or the beginning of Lent. 'By the redemptive power of the cross, create in us clean hearts and put within us a new spirit, that we may repent of our sins and lead lives worthy of your calling.' Read the full prayer.
United Methodist Hymnal #268 The Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978 A prayer for guidance through the wilderness of our lives: 'Guide now the people of your church, that, following our Savior, we may walk through the wilderness of this world toward the glory of the world to come.' Read the full prayer. Prayer for Holy Week United Methodist Hymnal #281 The Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978; alt. By Laurence Hull Stookey, 1987 This short prayer reflects on Jesus' willingness to lay down His life for us. 'Grant that we may share in his obedience to your will.'
Read the full prayer. Prayer for the Easter Season United Methodist Hymnal #320 The Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978 This prayer reminds us that by grace, through faith, we have been saved.
We die with Christ and are raised with Him in new life. 'Grant that we, who celebrate the day of our Lord's resurrection, may arise from the death of sin to the life of righteousness.' Read the full prayer. Athens First United Methodist Church in Athens, GA Prayer of Surrender United Methodist Hymnal #607 A beautiful prayer of surrender and trust: 'Let me be employed for you, or laid aside for you, exalted for you, or brought low for you; let me be full, let me be empty, let me have all things, let me have nothing.' Read the full prayer. A few other ideas:. Read (or sing!) a verse of a prayerful hymn, like 'For the Beauty of the Earth,' 'Take My Life and Let It Be,' 'This Is My Song' (vs.
3) or 'O Little Town of Bethlehem' (vs. You might also consider more modern hymns by Andrew Pratt, available. If you have an anthem that is fitting, read the text as a closing prayer at the end of rehearsal. And of course, if you have others in the group that are willing, ask if they'd lead the group in prayer one night.
Or, read, written by a choir member for her choir. The Book of Common Prayer, Lutheran Book of Worship, and even your hymnal are all great resources! Looking for more?.
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Help us to turn to you and learn from you every day. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #11 Heavenly Father, help us to clearly see what you have given us and help us to generously and joyfully share it for your glory. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #12 Heavenly Father, help us to see your financial blessings in our life and then to have an intentional way to set aside 10% or more to give back to your work. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #13 Heavenly Father, help us to live for you each day and each week by giving you first place in our calendar and finances. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #14 Heavenly Father, whether we have little or much, help us to always live open-handed in a tight-fisted world and to find our greatest joy in following and serving you.
AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #15 Heavenly Father, show us what you have placed in our hands. Help us to use it for your glory for all to see. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #16 Heavenly Father, we dedicate all we are and all we have to you on this day as living sacrifices. Help us to show and share your love with others today. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #17 Heavenly Father, help us to see and systematically set aside resources to give from the blessings you have given us. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #18 Heavenly Father, help us realize that you are the owner of all things and that you have many ways you can provide for us. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #19 Heavenly Father, help us to faithfully set aside resources and time, then show us where to share it.
AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #20 Heavenly Father, help us to overcome our fears, our past failures, and to become faithful givers to your work. Please let us see and experience your provisions in our life. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #21 Heavenly Father, help us to be part of a miracle in other people’s lives. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #22 Heavenly Father, open our eyes to the needy at our doorstep and the need-meeting groups in our community and world. Help us to share our time and treasure with them.
AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #23 Heavenly Father, we want to follow you fully. Help us to surrender all we are and all we have without holding anything back. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #24 Heavenly Father, thank you for the light of your Word. Thanks for lighting up our darkness so we can walk confidently and securely in this life.
Help us to not only live by your Light, but to share it with those who are in darkness. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #25 Heavenly Father, thank you that your Word is true and that your promises never fail.
Thank you for meeting our needs when we live for you each day. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #26 Heavenly Father, help us to live more simply so others can simply live.
AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #27 Heavenly Father, if we have a pulse we have a purpose. Help us to realize that one of our purposes in life is to systematically be of help to others. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #28 Heavenly Father, help us to get excited about giving presents to Jesus by helping the least, the lonely, the lost, and God’s leaders. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #29 Heavenly Father, teach us to live in light of eternity. Help us to de-accumulate things we no longer use or need in a way that glorifies you and benefits others. AMEN Church Stewardship Offertory Prayer #30 Heavenly Father, thank you that you are our true Provider and that every good thing we have in life comes from you.
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Targeted Prayers for Your Church By Sandra Higley 1. Pastor – Lord, I lift up my pastor to You. Thank You for his servant’s heart. Keep him from losing heart when ministry gets tough. Help him prove faithful with the things you have entrusted to him.
Teach him Your ways so that he knows You and finds favor with You as He leads us. Keep him open and honest before You and help him to represent the truth plainly. Elders – Lord, I lift up my elders (church board) to You. Help us respect and honor them as they direct the affairs of our church. May they wholeheartedly give their attention to prayer and ministry of the Word. Keep them above reproach, devoted to their families, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable and able to teach.
May they be gentle and honest as they deal with people. 5:17; Acts 6:4; 1 Tim. 3:1-2; Titus 1:7) 3. Deacons – Lord, I lift up my deacons to You.
May they walk worthy of respect with sincere hearts. Keep them from indulgence and greed.
Help them keep hold of truth. May they keep short accounts with You so that their conscience is clear. Bless their households with peace and respect. Fill them with Your Spirit and let them operate in wisdom as they carry out their responsibilities. 3:8-9, 12; Acts 6:3) Download a Free PDF of This Guide 4.
Adults – Lord, I lift up the adults in my congregation to You. May we live worthy of Your call on our lives. As we respond to that call, fulfill every purpose, every faith-filled act of service by Your power. May we be clothed in righteousness with hearts that sing for joy and delight greatly in You. We want to walk with You, Jesus, dressed in white, adorned with jewels. Children/Youth – Lord, I lift up the children and youth in my congregation to You. May the little ones remain humble examples of what we adults need to become in the kingdom.
Let their conduct always be pure and right with reputations that show that they remember You, Creator God. Teach them to declare Your marvelous deeds. May they flee evil desires and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace. 18:3-4; Prov. 71:17; 2 Tim. Seniors – Lord, I lift up the senior members of our congregation.
Thank You for every gray hair attained by righteous living. We are blessed by their example and ability to train us. Help us to be humbly submissive as we benefit from their wisdom and understanding. Help them receive the strength and power You’ve promised to the weary and weak. May they put their hope in You and be renewed in the process. 16:31; Titus 2:4; 1 Pet.
5:5; Job 12:12; Isa. 40:29, 31) 7. Lost Among Us – Lord, I lift up the lost members of our congregation.
Let the gospel be presented to them not only through the sermon but also with power, the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. Teach us to make the most of every opportunity to share Your salvation. Help us to be the fragrance of Christ to them. We stand against the enemy and his attempts to keep them blinded to Your truth.
Worship Leaders – Lord, I lift up our worship leaders. Appoint people to this position who understand the splendor of Your holiness and praise You out of that understanding. Help them lead us faithfully in thanks for Your enduring love. Use their praise to defeat the enemy. May they be the true worshipers You are looking for who worship in spirit and in truth. Let them glory only in You, Jesus, so that they put no confidence in their own flesh. 20:21-22; Jn.
4:23-24; Phil. Speakers/Teachers – Lord, I lift up the speakers and teachers in our church.
May everyone who holds that position—pastors, Sunday school teachers, small group leaders, guest speakers—rightly divide Your word of truth. Let them admonish and teach with wisdom. Reveal the mysteries of Your word to them and encourage them to speak those mysteries courageously and fearlessly.
Let them speak with a spirit of faith that springs from their relationship with You. Women’s Ministry – Lord, I lift up our Women’s Ministry.
Encourage our older women to train the younger in family issues. Teach our women to be virtuous—women with gentle and quiet spirits who put their hope in You. Let this ministry produce women who feel Your passion for them and who choose to spend time at Your feet. Train them to contend for the gospel side by side with the men.
(Titus 2:4, 5; Prov. 31:10; 1 Pet. 10:38-42; Phil. Men’s Ministry – Lord, I lift up our Men’s Ministry to You. Use this ministry to build our men in their faith. Teach them to be in right relationship to You and each other, to love their wives sacrificially and to instruct their children with patience.
Encourage them to hold each other accountable as they carry each other’s burdens. May they speak the truth in love to each other even when it’s hard. (Jude 1:20; Titus 2:2; 1 Tim. 5:25, 6:4; Gal. Youth Workers – Lord, I lift up our Youth Workers.
Let these young men and women set an example in their speech, life, love, faith and purity. Cause them to be strong, alive-in-the-Word overcomers. Help them to have discernment as they deal with the young people in our church. Help them to notice any youth who lack judgment so they can teach them to value Your life-giving principles. Pour out Your Spirit on them.
3:21, 7:7, 7:2; Joel 2:28). Behind-the-Scenes Workers – Lord, I lift up the people who work behind the scenes at our church.
Thank You for every nursery worker, parking lot attendant, office volunteer, building janitor, etc. Who have devoted themselves to the service of the saints.
Bless them for the obedience and generosity they have displayed—may You receive praise as a result! Keep them in an attitude of humility that comes from wisdom and wholehearted service to You rather than to be noticed by others. 16:15; 2 Cor. 9:12-13; Jas.
Children’s Ministries – Lord, I lift up our children’s ministries to You. Create an atmosphere here that encourages our children to find You. Let the teachers be careful to remind each child of the marvelous things You have done. Cause everything they learn about You to become a part of them forever.
May they consistently choose life and blessing each day because of the training they receive in our church. Keep them walking in the truth. 4:9; 29:29; 30:19; Prov.
Prayer Focus – Lord, I lift up the prayer focus in my church. Make us into a house of prayer. We desire to be clear-minded and self-controlled so that we can pray first, always, continually and thankfully. May everyone recognize that this is Your desire for all and not just a few.
Use us to stand in the gap for others. Let there be prayer ministry among us that is powerful and effective. 11:17; 1 Pet. 6:18; 1 Thes.
Spiritual Level – Lord, I lift up the spiritual temperature of my church. Refine us so that we burn hot for You. Give us singleness of heart and action so that we always fear You and follow Your precepts. Pour out a spirit of Josiah on us so that we turn to You heart, soul and strength. Open our minds to understand Your Word so that our hearts burn within us.
3:14-18; Jer. 111:10; 2 Ki.
24:45, 32) 17. Spirit-Led – Lord, I lift up the issue of our willingness to be led by Your Spirit. Holy Spirit, show us any way we are grieving, quenching or resisting You.
Convict us and lead us to level ground. Help us keep in step with You as we live by You. Reign in us so that we experience Your freedom. Lead us into grace, life and peace. 4:30; 1 Thes.
5:19; Acts 7:51; Jn. Spiritual Gifts – Lord, I lift up the use of spiritual gifts in our church. We eagerly desire spiritual gifts that You’ve given for our common good. Help us understand the various gifts and how they work. Teach us to use what we’ve received to serve others and faithfully administer Your grace—whatever form that takes.
Help us exercise our gifts in love. Remind us to keep fanning into flame the gifts You’ve entrusted to us. 14:1, 12:4-7; 1 Pet. Love/Unity – Lord, I lift up our love for one another as a body. Help us purify ourselves by obeying the truth so that our love for each other will be sincere, deep and from the heart.
May our love for one another prove that we are Your disciples. Give us a spirit of unity so that we may glorify You with one heart and voice.
Help us accept one another as we clothe ourselves in love. 13:34-35; Ro. Finances – Lord, I lift up our church finances.
May we sow generously into our church without reluctance or compulsion. Make all grace abound so we have all we need for every good work You’ve assigned us. Make us rich in ways that result in generosity on our part so You will be praised. Keep reminding us of your promise to throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out blessing on all who bring the whole tithe into Your house. Outreach/Missions Projects – Lord, I lift up our outreach programs.
Remind us to do good and share with others as a pleasing sacrifice to You. Keep us outwardly focused so we don’t become self-absorbed.
Help us teach one another to be faithful ministers of Your Son. Enable us to meet people wherever they have a need. Help us minister faithfully as we proclaim the gospel so that the ones we reach might become an acceptable offering to You. 1:7; Jude 1:23) 22. Single Parents – Lord, I lift up the single parents in our church. May they know You as father to the fatherless and defender of widows! Let us be a real family to them when they are lonely.
Show us ways to include them and minister grace to them. Stir up practical ideas in us that show Your love and care. Help them relax in Your grace and provision which is more than enough for every weakness and need. 68:5-6, 25:16; Matt. 25:35-40; 2 Cor.
Help for the Hurting – Lord, I lift up those who are hurting right now. May they come to know You as El Roi, the God who sees them. For every situation of rejection, help them feel sonship. Bind up the brokenhearted! In every area of bondage, set the captives free; in every case of mourning, replace it with Your oil of gladness. Comfort them so that they will have a ministry of comfort to others.
61:1-3; 2 Cor. Freedom from Besetting Sins – Lord, I lift up every one of us who struggle with sin issues. Keep us from the enemy’s scheme of condemnation. Grant us repentance so that we can escape the trap of the evil one. Thank You that sin was done away with on the cross and that we are no longer slaves to it. Help us to throw off everything that entangles—help us run the race with perseverance.
2:25, 26; Ro. Kingdom Focus/Priorities – Lord, I lift up our priorities as a congregation. Give us ears to hear what Your Spirit is saying to our church. Open our eyes to see things as You see them.
Help us move beyond issues of immediate need to pursuing Kingdom issues. Bring us to a place where “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” is more than just words we say.
6:25, 33, 10) 26. Growth through Evangelism – Lord, I lift up our church growth to You. Add to our number daily through new converts. Birth spiritual children through us. Let our actions win people over without words. Use us as Your agents to rescue people from darkness and bring them into Your Son’s kingdom.
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We long to be worthy ambassadors in this ministry You have entrusted to us: that of proclaiming Your message of reconciliation to a lost world. (Acts 2:47; 1 Cor.
Our Neighborhood – Lord, I lift up our community, especially the surrounding neighborhood. Let us love these people as we love ourselves.
May our concern for their needs override other things that take our time and focus. Rebuild and restore areas that have been devastated. Renew our community—send Your peace and prosperity into this place where You’ve planted us. Bless each individual home and family. Build each house from the inside out; watch over our city. Connectivity with the Church in Our City – Lord, I lift up the Church in our city.
Thank You for creating the body as one unit made up of many parts. Help us understand the value of each part as You have arranged them. We confess that we’ve minimized other parts. Forgive us, for we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body.
Help us to work at being one: concerned about one another—suffering with and rejoicing with other congregations as appropriate. 12:12-26) 29. Connectivity with the Church in Our Nation – Lord, I lift up the Church in our nation. We humbly unite and confess as one people—one Church called by Your name—that we have sinned. We’ve operated out of acquired wealth thinking we could do it on our own—but we are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. We seek Your face, O God!
Thank You for hearing and forgiving us. We wait on You for the healing of our land! Connectivity with the Church around the World – Lord, I lift up the Church universal. Father, we claim the power of Your name over us so that we will be one, as You and Your Son are one.
We want Your joy in full measure just as Your Son, Jesus, prayed for us. Help us live as though we are not of this world; sanctify us by Your word.
May we be brought to complete unity so that the world will know the truth of the gospel. 17:11-23) 31. Protection from the Enemy – Lord, I lift up our need for protection. Protect and deliver us from the evil one.
Help us be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves as we deal with the wolves around us. Show us how to test every spirit to see if they are from You. Help us recognize the enemy’s disguises and schemes so that he won’t outwit us. 6:13, 10:14; 1 Jn.
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A closing prayer is a great way to bring to a close a meeting or church service in prayer. Thanking the Lord for continuing to inspire and protect us is just one way to express our thanks. Here is a listing to some closing prayers for meetings that will help get you started.
Prayer #1 Thank you, Lord, for your presence with us this day. As we depart from this space now, we ask you to bless us throughout the remainder of the day and guide us safely home. Do not let the learning and conversations of this gathering die, but, instead, may they continue to ruminate within us and bear fruit in our ministries throughout the year, until we find ourselves together again. We ask this in the name of Jesus, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Prayer #2 In closing a meeting or church service in prayer, we can thank God for the way that He has been with us during meeting, and ask Him to continue to inspire and protect us as we leave.
Gathered together on this page are a number of short prayers drawn from the Episcopal, Methodist, Celtic & Catholic traditions, as well as two modern prayers for closing bible studies and meetings. Prayer #3 Father, thank you that you have revealed Your love to us today.
We invite You to send us out from here in the power of the Holy Spirit. Fan into flame the gifts that you have given us, Come reveal Your grace and truth to us each day. For Yours is the Kingdom, the power and the glory, Forever and ever. Prayer #4 Lord, your word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. Thank you that we can live in Your light and walk in Your truth. May the things that you have revealed and thoughts that we have shared dwell in our hearts and stir us to action.
We ask all this in the precious name of Jesus. Prayer #5 Glory be to the father, and to the son, and to the holy spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Prayer #6 Lord, as we gather today at this meeting we ask that You will be in our midst. Help us to make decisions that will be pleasing to You. Help us to be able to discuss the matters at hand in a reasonable way, and to be willing to give up having our own way. God let this meeting be productive and, as should be the case in all areas of our lives, help us to keep You at the forefront of our minds as we do the work set before us. Prayer #7 Jesus as we gather together to learn about You, may You meet us here.
Help all of the teachers to be able to answer the questions posed, and help all of the children listen and retain what they hear. Help the students to be attentive, and the teachers to be patient. May the lessons that are taught help to instill righteousness in these children, and may the seeds planted here continue to guide them throughout their lives. Prayer #8 You, O God, are my strength, my patience, my light and my counsel. It is you who make responsive to me the students confided to my care. Abandon me not to myself for one moment.
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For my own conduct and for that of my students, grant me the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of knowledge and piety, the spirit of holy fear of you, and an ardent zeal to procure your glory. I unite my efforts to those of Jesus Christ, the master teacher, and I beg all saints in Heaven to assist me in the exercise of my teaching ministry. Amen Here is one example of a closing prayer from Spring Harvest. These beautiful images and faithful words will inspire you. Categories Post navigation.